From jvo621@optonline.net Wed Feb 29 21:52:44 2012
Subject:Re: Davey Jones

Thanks. The guy playing my Rick 12-string and Fender Strat is Davy's guitarist, John, who traveled with him. He was in the Monkees back-up band on their last tour and appears on the recent PBS 60's music show with Davy.
The acoustic guitarist is Danny Solazzi from The Characters band. He has played with Davy and other members of The Monkees over the years going back to the mid 80's. The drummer George Messina is also a member of The Characters. The Characters recorded a CD in 1987 which was produced by Chip Douglas who produced some of The Monkees records.
This performance was actually from 2011 not 2010 as I mis-stated.
Below is a history of The Characters band. If you search YouTube you can find many performances by 60's music stars backed by The Characters.

http://thecharacters.net/history/history.html